Brock Bowers or George Kittle: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brock Bowers at 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price George Kittle at 12.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 62nd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brock Bowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 33.

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 10 of 13 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 6 of 11 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, George Kittle has been on the field for 68 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 4 of 4 targets for 80 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 70 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brock Bowers was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 they scored the same 14.7 PPR points a game.

Brock Bowers finished TE11 that year and George Kittle TE13.

Brock Bowers had 17 more targets than George Kittle, 86 to 69.

Brock Bowers had 52 more receiving yards than George Kittle, 680 to 628.

This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 68 percent.

This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Brock Bowers is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for George Kittle.

Brock Bowers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

4.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.